Applicants for Chief Justice ‘should submit bank waivers’

MANILA (3rd Update, 4:34 p.m.) — Candidates for the position of Chief Justice vacated by Renato Corona last week will be required to open their bank deposits for scrutiny, the vetting body Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) said Monday.
The requirement came after Corona himself called on public officials in his impeachment trial that they should also do an outright waiver of confidentiality for the sake of transparency and accountability.
Corona admitted of owning some P180-million worth of dollar and peso accounts not reflected in his asset statement, which was used by 20 senators to convict him for betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution.
“This will be for purposes of evaluation by the JBC. With the waiver, we will be able to look into their foreign currency bank accounts,” lawyer Milagros Cayosa, the representative of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines to the JBC, told reporters.
Senator Francis Escudero, the Senate representative to the JBC, made the motion during the meeting of the eight-member council at the Supreme Court.
Aspirants who are from the government will be asked to provide their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) and those from the private sector will be required to submit their income tax returns (ITR) from two previous years.
“The waiver includes bank deposits on local and foreign currencies and the opening of their SALNs and ITRs in favor of the JBC. This will allow the council to check if indeed their bank accounts are reflected in their SALNs or ITRs,” Escudero said.
The new requirement will be included in the notices of vacancy and acceptance of application and nomination to be released in the next few days.
Reported contenders Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima took no part in the proceedings out of propriety.
Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares was also floated as possible successor to Corona but she refused to make a big deal out of the issue since the position has not been “advertised yet.”
“I’ll think about it when it’s there, if it gets there,” she said.
Present at the meeting as well were Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr. (House of Representatives), retired Court of Appeals Justice Aurora Lagman (private sector), Jose Mejia (academe), and retired Supreme Court Justice Regino Hermosisima, who presided the deliberations.
Meanwhile, Pangilinan reiterated his call for the JBC to make its meetings and deliberations open to the public.
“We have seen how accountability has allowed the people to participate in governance and be involved in the change process. It has also put pressure to officials in disclosing their SALNs despite their invoking of the foreign currency (deposits) act,” he said.
In a resolution dated September 23,2002, Rule No. JBC-10 states that “cameras and tape recorders, however, shall not be allowed inside the room (during the public interview). No live TV (television) and radio coverage of the proceedings shall be permitted.”
Pangilinan was a member of the JBC from 2001 to 2008.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/06/04/applicants-chief-justice-should-submit-bank-waivers-225080

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3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
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0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)